DOWNLOAD: ShellShag
By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Feb 12, 2010 7:40PM
Listening to ShellShag's debut Rumors In Disguise is akin to being in high school, driving on a cold winter night, windows cracked to allow some of the cigarette smoke choking the interior to stream out, lungs warm and nostrils iced. The songs are rooted in the days just before alterna-rock went mega and recording budgets were low but the music was immediate and solid. Girl / boy vocals tussle and wrestle over guitars locked in attack over thudding, basic, and perfect drums.
We've been noticing a newish trend with bands wholly embracing the years that Matador was still an indie and some of the hottest sounds off the East Coast were delivered via Teenbeat Records. ShellShag sound like they were buried in a time capsule under the Washington Monument in 1994 and upon their subsequent recent release via archeological excavation delivered an album of perfectly aged pleasures.
Here's a taste to whet your appetite.